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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a fee imposed on foreclosure filings to fund civil legal |
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services to indigent Texans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 118.011, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) A county clerk shall collect $150 for the filing of the |
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first page of a notice filed pursuant to Section 51.002(b)(2) of the |
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Property Code. The county clerk shall keep a separate record of the |
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money collected under this subsection and shall remit the funds to |
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the county treasurer not later than the deadline specified by |
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Section 113.022. The county treasurer shall send the money |
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received under this subsection to the comptroller not later than |
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the last day of the month following each quarter. The comptroller |
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shall deposit the money received to the basic civil legal services |
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fund of the supreme court. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a document presented for filing to a county clerk on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A document presented for filing before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |